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Ihe exceptional increase in unsound food surrendered is no
doubt due to delay in the disposal of food arising from wartine
controls and to the fact that retailers require to
surrender any unsound food, however small the quantity, in
order to recover the points value. As in the previous year,
there were some prosecutions for the misdescription of food
to the prejudice of the purchaser and another for the keeping
of a bakehouse in a dirty condition, substantial penalties
being imposed upon the dealers in question.
SANITATION.
Ihe sanitary inspecting staff continue to maintain all
the essential work of sanitary supervision of the borough and
the following figures show that in many respects this work is
increasing rather than diminishing notwithstanding the smaller
number of houses and population in the borough- and the
reduction in the staff available:
1956-38 1059 1940. 1941 1942
Infectious disease
and food pbisoning
2074 865 404 663 950
Complaints 4756 4295 3625 5505 4226
House-to-house
inspection
672 451 - 4 -
Total visits 44,608 44,954 52,627 51,277 56,368
Premises where
nuisances abated.
5657 4658 3592 3172 5585
Preliminary notices
5575 6254 4512 5585 4280
Nuisance notices
2474 5109 1878 1647 1625
DISINFECTION.
I referred rather fully to this subject in my last
report. The Personal Cleansing Station continues to be very
well used for the treatment of cases of Scabies, as many as
216 men, 451 women and 412 children attending for this purpose
and having a total of 2298 treatments. The disinfecting staff
also sprayed 729 rooms and disinfected 40,415 articles.
WAR-TIME NURSERIES.
During the year, 5 nurseries were established at the
request of the Ministry of Health for the purpose of caring,
during the daytime, for the children of women engaged in
industrial employment. Ihe first, opened in June, is
situated at St.Jude's Vicarage, Ireadway Street, and
accommodates 40 children. The other two, opened in October
and November respectively, occupy the former Infant School at
Pritchards Road and the Nursery School at Columbia Market;
both accommodate 70 children. The voluntary nursery at
University House opened in July, 1941, was transferred to the
Council in November. A nursery has also been established by
the London County Council at the Wolverley Street Rest Centre.
Ihe adaptation, equipment, staffing and management of these
nurseries have made a considerable addition to the work of
the department. At the close of the year, the nurseries
were not fully staffed or used.
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